Sid survives the car crash but goes into a coma. Gary is apologetic to Karen but she won't listen.

Sid insists on undergoing an operation that could cure him of his paralysis but also possibly kill him.

Now facing life as a widowed mother of three, Karen tries to move herself and her children along with their lives.

Abby tries to find her children and Lilimae returns to Knots Landing.

Abby's children are returned to her after she tricks Jeff and she gets a restraining order against him.

Karen's former boyfriend, Teddy Becker, visits Knots Landing and believes he is Diana's real father. Val and Lilimae bond after bad memories resurface.

Laura believes that Richard is having an affair when he starts to go to client parties so she goes on a trip to Santa Barbara with Scooter out of spite.

Diana misinterprets Karen's friendship with a widower named Bill Medford. Out of spite, she goes to a party with a biker friend whom Karen hates.

Lilimae meets a con man who wrongly believes she is rich. He takes her to Las Vegas hoping to marry her but when he discovers she is poor, he confesses all. Gary spends time with Abby and her children and Lilimae warns Val about the situation.

The women of the Cul-de-sac are stranded in a supposedly haunted house where they must spend the night.

Gary and Abby invest in a company which make methanol cars. Gary mortgages the house behind Val's back. While in Mexico, Gary and Abby have their first kiss, while Val is left home upset by the recent revelations.

Richard and Laura set Karen up on her first date but she doesn't like the man.

Karen's college friend Victoria Hill visits and organizes a fashion show which the women of the Cul-de-sac help out with. Laura discovers she is pregnant.

A man from Valene's past drops by for a visit, but he leaves behind his stepdaughter Cricket. From the very start, it seems that Cricket is a problem child with serious issues. Karen's brother Joe comes to town.

Val writes a journal about the Ewings of Dallas for an assignment. Without her knowledge, Abby shows it to Karen's brother Joe, who believes that it is good enough to be published. Laura leaves Richard.

Abby informs Gary that they need $20,000 to keep their methanol company going. She meets a wealthy old man who may be the solution to her problems.

Abby, Gary and Val go to Sacramento to meet a senator about making methanol legal or their business will fail. Abby sleeps with the senator to get the bill passed. Karen comes to terms with Sid's death.

Val's book about the Ewings is published but Gary is angry because it is about his family's scandals. Gary and Abby become closer.

Richard suffers a nervous breakdown and holds Laura at gunpoint in a night-long siege.

While a distraught Valene is stranded in a roadhouse overnight, Gary and Abby take advantage of her absence by sleeping together for the first time. Karen tries to convince Laura to visit Richard in the psychiatric institution.

Abby and Gary continue their affair until Gary's guilt forces him to end it. However, Val is already suspicious and confronts Abby. Laura considers reconciling with Richard.

Laura moves back in with Richard after finding his suicide note. Karen and Lilimae spot Gary and Abby together. Karen later catches them in the act and confronts them but then Val walks in on them and leaves Gary.